Recipe guide



. g- 5- H. P. LUHN 2,011,722

RECIPE GUIDE 'Filed Sept. 16, 195:;

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H s/u H/v Y 9 HI ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 20, 1935 RECIPE Gums: Hans PfLuhn, New York, N. Y, Application September 16, 1933, Serial No. 689,699

7 a sc si ms. (01.35%) i The present invention has to do with-a recipe guide particularly adapted for selecting recipes that maybe carried out with the. ingredients readily available.

: More particularlythe invention is adapted to present in convenient form'a list of various mixed beverages keyed withreierence to the ingredients l -ly call for the use of materials that are not avail able," whereas the present device indicates what "may be done with the materials at hand. It is obsimple and informal gatherings for which no prethereof and thereby to' indicate at a glancethe particular beverages that may be made with any given ingredients at hand. The device here' disclosed represents thus a practical improvement over all ordinary books or other compilations of recipes in that the latter give only the ingredients entering into. the composition of various recipes but do not suggest recipes that may beappropriately carried out byjmeans of given ingredients.

The present device on the contrary is keyed to ing recipes for cocktails, is that they assume the presence of any required materials and frequentvious that among' thefmany advantages of the present invention is that it is adapted for use at vious preparation has been made. v

The device of this invention comprises a set of cards including a key card and a plurality of ingredient cards fastened atthe middle of their lower extremities to a pin or eyelet about which they areadapted'to rotate. Each of the cards is in part opaque and in' part transparent. These cards may conveniently bemade of ordinary pho 'togi aphic film or may be of any preferred mate-' rial. The key card, which is preferably upper- 452* held up totthe light. 'There should be an ingredimost, is divided into a plurality of sections, each section having displayed uponlit the name of a beverage recipe, for example Bicardi Cocktail,

Dry Martini, Gin Rickey, etc, the sections on which the names appear, or the lettering of ,the names, being transparentsothat the names of said recipesare disclosed whenthe key card is cut card for each ingredient'required in the'sev eral beverages named on thefkeycard. Each of the ingredient cards has imprinted thereon, in the margin thereof, the name of" an ingredient entering intothe composition of cocktails or other beverages, suchas. gin, vermouthgrenadine, etc., and is divided into opaque andi transparent sec tions, each of these sections being adapted to leg.

ister with the name of a beverage on-the key card. The opaque sections on'each ingredient card correspond to the beverage or beverages on the key card in which said ingredient is used.

may be mixed with the ingredients at hand will 10 be disclosed in the illuminated sections of the key card.

The device may be enclosed between cover cards on which are imprinted beverage recipes correing on the key card.

Inthe accompanying drawing, in which like sponding to the names of the beverages appearreference characters denote like partsr Figure '1 is a plan view of the'device, the cards being spread out fan-wise; i i

"FigureZis a'plan' View of the devicein operatingposition with threeingredient cards turned down an'dthe remaining cards stacked; and

Figure 3 is a plan view of the key card and of three of the ingredient cards.

Referring moreparticularly to the drawing, l0 is the key card, and, as illustrated, is divided into' 36 sections, each bearing the name of a beverage. It is to be understood the number of sections may be'grteater' or less as desired. A separate ingredient card is provided for each of the ingredients of' thevarious beverages named on the key card, only one :card' being provided for each ingredient al-' though it may berequired for several of the bev at erages. The cards may be omitted for ingredients which may be safelyassumed to be available; such as water, ice, and sugar, For convenience of de scription, the cards for. the ingredients oranges and Italian vermouth'are designated by the, numerals l2, l3 and 14 respectively. All of the cards aremounted so as to be rotatable about the, eyelet l5.

Figurez represents the appearance of the device when the cards l2, I3 and M are turned down andv the remaining cards are stacked and held against a light. 'It' willbe observed that the, beverage names Dry Martini, Gin Teddy and Orange Blossom, designated by the reference numerals l6, l1 and I8 respectively, stand Tout from the background because they are illuminated by transmitted light, and that the other beverage nameson the key card are blocked out or ,masked. This indicates that with the ingredients gin, oranges and Italian Vermouth, any 5 L Q FIQ P I The recipes forthe beverages namedf on the plished maybe made clear by reference'to Figure-3. Taking the section -16, representing Dry I 5 Martini fitheingredientsof this cocktailare gin,

Italian vermouthand ice, an olive being added to'ea'ch cocktail if available. It will beobserved [that the card 12 for gin has at 'l6' an opaque section'corresponding in location to the section Hi .10 :on-thekey cardylflq -Similarly,;th'e card I41 for; Italian vermouth'h'as anf-opaque section atll 5.

The card I 3 for oranges, on the otherhand, has a transparent section: at "5", since this ingredientg is not required for this cocktail Similarly, all of the other ingredient cards will have'transparent sections at locations corresponding to section l6 on-the key card. Consequently, when the cards for Italianvermouth and ginare turned down a'sshown in Figure 2, the beverage named" jDry'j Martini will appear asindicated atsection'"l'6. l r Gin is-also a necessary ingredient'for aginjtoddyi? o'r 'anorange blossom, and consequently the card l2 has opaque sections at H and 8 asindicated in'Figure 3. Italian vermouth is notrrequiredf 1 foreither of these beverages,-*andconsequently? the'seetions HCand. l8 on th'e card'M -are: transparent. i' Oranges" are not necessary for gin: ,toddy; but are necessaryforan orangeblossor'n', and consequently thesectionxl'lfc"'is transparent I and the section,l8"' opaque;v By a corresponding 1 construction of the-other ingredient. cards, the:

devicerpermits'one to'ascertain at a glance which i- V of'ithe beverages named on the ckeyicard may be be available, t Y

keyrcard: are preferably "given oncoverj-acards that serve to, enclosethe'device; These cover ,ca'r,ds.are-not illustrated becauseto domso would O obscure the drawings and serve-nouseful'pur pose; It will be noted, that someof the beverage names on the key card'have been abbreviated 'in; the various figures; andjthat some have been:

omitted, as in Figure}; This hasbeenIdone merelyfor convenience, and it will be understood that ordinarily the names of the difierent beverages willbewritten out in'full;

' The invention has hereinabovebeendescribed with transparent vand opaque sections. I It will be understood that thesame eifectcould be s'ecured by stenciling or cutting away parts of, the various cards. ,The word transparen {11in the r appended claimsshouldtherefore be. interpreted .as including such cut-away portions. 'I-Iowev'er,

it is preferred to make the cards ofjmperforate, photographic film (o-r other imprforateflexible}? unbreakablematerial) having opaqueand trans parent sections'bnthe. auxiliary cards and an opaque background with transparent lettering 1 a thereon for .the key card as described abofvegj i'nasmuch as'fthere are several advantageswith the latter construction. Oneadvantage isrthatthe' Q card body between"thegnumerousiperforations; In employing imperforate. cards, having opaque V andtransparent sectionsforirespectively obscur- H ing andiviewingjdata, it;isnot necessary to utilize a considerable,portionof the body. of the eardstoform supporting f parts between transparent sectio'ns;as. in perforated masks such as are com-.

monly usedin the. art. This 'construction alsopermits a substantialfdecrease, as compared with 7 earlier constructions, in the size of a device for made from any particular ingredients that may I only by the prior art and. the. appended jrclaims.

earrying a certain amount of data, or enables extension of the range ofthe device with cards of any determined size, due to the fact that imperforate transparencies do not-require ,intermediate support and the separating-lines between various sections may be mades o narrow as not to'take upa large portion of the surface of the "device, as is'the case with perforatedmasks."

Another advantage of my preferred imperforate, I

'eonstruetion js that-thereis nojilanger in manipulatingj the, 'aids of, damagefto orgtearing away ""of'the narrow strips or portions located between jand fo rming the sides of the transparent (but imperforate) 'portions, as is the case with perforated'c I where the opaque portions along and between 'thel isides of the perforations of onecard rare aptgto become engaged and torn by similar parts or the corners'of-another card with consequent damagetoall cards and eventual destruction of their utility. 'A further advantage of my prefer red constructiongis thateall the'cards may; ,easily, be cleaned when they become soiled without; tearing, softening or other damage in handling or wetting them in a bath, orwitha wet clothytq clean them. An additional advantage obtained when my invention -isembodiedinv a;

cocktailrecip'e, guidelis that :the devicemayqbe handledwhenthe-usershands are wet; or if .in-; advertentlyylaid upon a surface which has been,

Wet :byf cocktail ingredients, its structure. will not be, permanently: weakened or otherwise damaged by-conta'ctwith moisture;

The invention has been shown only as V adapted toj certain ingredients of thelrecipes for cock-.- fltails and similar beverages. .It is obvious -;.that

there are possible modifications without depart- 7 ing from; theispirit of; the invention; For ex ample, it is applicable to any recipes forymixing drinks, to recipesfor food to chemical formulae,

orto any. code by which-it is desired-to ascertain,

readily different combinations resulting; from .vaf c riousdesignated components; For these reasons,

Idonot wish to be limited by this descri tiQnlbutj' I l -m l 3;; i r. 15- A device of ;the' character. described coma particular combination and adapted to be viewed/by transmitted. light,. and a pluralityof auxiliary cards each-representing a: componentv of one or more of said designated combinations,

each auxiliary card having an o aq e section'- adapted to registerwith the designation section o'fQeach combination for which, the, Component represented by that card'is required and'having transparent sections adapted 'to' register with the remaining designation sections on said key card,

and each auxiliary card being "adapted tobe; stacked against or withdrawn from'lsaid key card; the withdrawal of auxiliaryicards representing; 7 v c g selected components causing the opaque sections. cards areJlessfragilethan is, the casewhere numerousperforations are cut out leavingonly 652 narrow strips or small irregular portions Qcf the ofQ-said selected cards to be.. r'e'moved from ob,-

scuring relation with respect to the 2 sections of said a key card. bearing ,indic'ia designating Vconrbif nations J including said selected components and v permitting, 'said indici'a to} be Iviewedj through I transparent portions; of the remaining. Stacked auxiliary cardsgwhile the opaque sections of the,

V latter iobs'curefthe designations on said key card of combinations including the components represented by the stacked auxiliary cards;

and a plurality of ingredient cards each representing a necessary ingredient for one or more of said named recipes, each ingredient card having an opaque section adapted to register with the name section of each recipe for which the ingredientrepresented by that card is required and having transparent sections adapted to register Withthe remaining name sections on said key card, and said ingredient cards being adapted to be stacked against or withdrawn from said key card, withdrawal of ingredient cards representing selected ingredients causing the opaque sections of said selected ingredient cards to be removed from obscuring relation with respect to "the sections of said key cardbearing names of recipes including said selected ingredients and permitting said recipe names to be viewed through the transparent portions of the remaining stacked ingredient cards, while the opaque sections of the latter obscure the names on said keycard of recipes includingingredients represented by ed to be stacked in superimposed relation beneath said key card, each auxiliary card representing a component of one or more of said designated combinations and having an opaque section registered with and obscuring the designation section on said key card of each combination for which the component represented by that card is required and transparent sections registering with the remaining designation sections on said key card and permitting the related indicia to be viewed by transmitted light, said auxiliary cards being adapted to be selectively said translucent sections.

Withdrawn from stacked relation to said key card so that on withdrawal of auxiliary cards representing selected components the opaque sections of said selected cards are removed from obscuring relation with respect to the sections of said key card bearing indicia designating combinations including said selected components and said indicia may be viewed through the transparent portions of the remaining stacked auxiliary cards, while the opaque sections of the latter obscure the indicia on said key card designating combinations including the components represented by the stacked auxiliary cards.

4. A device of the class described, comprising; a key card having a plurality of sections each 'formed with an opaque background bearing translucent indicia; and a plurality of auxiliary cards having a plurality of translucent sections, said auxiliary cards being adapted to be disposed in stacked relation with translucent sections of each card aligned with corresponding sections of the other cards and said key card being disposed withan indicia bearing section thereof in registration with the aligned translucent sections of said auxiliary cards whereby the translucent indicia of said key card section may be viewed by light transmitted through said indicia.

5. A device of the character described, comprising; a translucent key card having a plurality of indicia bearing sections; and a plurality of auxiliary cards having a plurality of translucent sections, said auxiliary cards being disposed in stacked relation with a translucent section of each card aligned with corresponding translucent sections of the other cards and said key card being superimposed on said stacked auxiliary cards with an indicia bearing section thereof registering with said aligned translucent sections for viewing said indicia by light transmitted through HANS P. LUHN. 

